Tuesday, May 10, 2016

houseboats in srinagar

Kashmir's most popular tourist destination is Srinagar. Houseboats in srinagar is one of the most enchanting places in Kashmir which is famous for the houseboats.

Houseboats in Kashmir - A Floating Luxury

Houseboats in Kashmir are definitely one of the main attraction of Jammu and Kashmir tourism. Houseboats attracts tourists from all over the world to Srinagar. These houseboats provide a unique and matchless experience of staying. These houseboats anchor along parts of the Dal and the Nagin Lake and River Jhelum. Like hotels, these houseboats vary in luxury depending upon the extent of luxury they provide. The Jammu and kashmir tourism Department have graded these houseboats into five categories which include Deluxe, A, B, C, and D-class. There is a variety of houseboats to choose from, whatever suits your pockets.


What's the Difference Between Deluxe and D-class houseboats in srinagar?

houseboats in srinagar are one of the best places where you can see the use of beautiful Kashmiri handicrafts together, right from scintillating hand carved furniture to rich Kashmiri carpets. The interiors are as luxurious as they are in any five star hotels. The decorations are typically Kashmiri,  each houseboat is a world in itself and some of them even provide the amenities of a five star hotel.

A luxury houseboat has good furnishing, carpets, elegant bedrooms with all modern facilities and services, and bathrooms attached with modern bath fittings, while a D-Class houseboats are like budget and economy hotels and provide basic furnishing. The houseboats vary widely in their location with some facing the boulevard road, and others facing the mountain view.

These houseboats provide personalized service and have “houseboy” to look after the guests. Every standard houseboat has a balcony at the front facing the lake, and sitting room, dining room, lounge and bedrooms with attached bathroom and is provided with municipal water connectivity. The costs of hiring a houseboat for a night includes free shikara crossing from the houseboat to the nearest jetty and back. Because these houseboats are not anchored along any banks of the river and so there are shikaras available to provide free transportation services to the guests or tourists from the nearest jetty to the houseboat.

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